QUEANBEYAN GOLF CLUBNEWSLETTER | Issue 35 1

Out of

the

Rough

June

2017

What’s in this Edition?

• Junior Clinic

• Xmas in July

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TIP FROM THE TOUR

The Body Rotation in the golf swing It is very important to be connected throughout the golf swing for consistency here is a tip to help you out. Your chest and arms need to turn back and through together, most players have the chest and arms turning ok in the backswing but forget about the follow through. After you have completed your backswing you need to feel your chest turning with your arms all the way though until you have reached you follow through position. This will help your balance & body flow through the swing resulting in more consistency and feel. If your game needs a tune up, see Matt or Jake in the pro shop.

2017 Foursomes Champions Kris Cole and Lachlan Tisma

For the 27-hole event Kris and Lachlan recorded 110, a seven shot victory over second placed Josh Crockett and James Stephenson who were just one shot ahead of Mal Towney and Jimmy Maher.

Nett winners Nigel Fletcher and Damien Adler 108.75 a close win from Singa Langi and Peter Rayment 109.

4BBB Matchplay Championship – The champions for 2017 played a very close match and the winning pair was not decided until the 19th hole. Dave Cunningham and Larry Britten were two up with just two holes to play but Kevin Murphy and Michael Alexsoski fought back and with Michael chipping in on the first extra hole the match was won.

Matchplay Championship – The match rounds have begun and the second round will be played on 17 June if not already ahead of schedule. Most matches have been close with the closest so far being in A Grade with Dave Elliott needing to play the 21st hole for victory over Jason Brown.

NSW 4BBB Qualifying for Men – A reminder that our qualifying round will be on Sunday 2 July with winners playing in district final on 6 August. The winners from there will travel to Bonville Golf Resort for state final the first week in October. The details for this event will be on Notice Board and NSW Golf website.

HOOPS, ROPES AND SIGNS

If you see hoops or ropes down it would be appreciated if you could take the time to put them back to protect these areas. It would be great if and when you need to move a rope, hoop or sign that you replace it to its original position. The Greens staff place these hoops, ropes and signs periodically around the course to protect new work and regenerate worn areas.

MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION

Join Queanbeyan Golf Club from now until July 31 to take advantage of 2 months free membership (new members only).

LOST

A Bushnell V3 rangefinder in the carpark on Saturday the 27th. If you picked it up can you hand it in to the Pro Shop or Jimmy Maher.

The Captain’s Desk From Match Committee

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Upcoming Events

NSW 4BBB QUALIFYING

NSW 4BBB Qualifying for Men – A reminder that our qualifying round will be on Sunday 2 July with winners playing in district final on 6 August.

XMAS IN JULY

Saturday

15 July 2017 7pm

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICE

JUNIOR CLINICS

When: 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month during School Terms Time: 4pm for approximately 45 minutes. Cost: $10 per clinic How to book: Just call the pro shop on 6297 2542 on the morning to confirm you child's attendance!! First Clinic was held on 3 May.

GET ON BOARD & EARN SOME GREAT REWARDS! ActewAGL is proud to support the Queanbeyan Golf Club and is now introducing our Partner Rewards program, to help you get some great rewards and raise money for the club. What’s the program about? It’s simple. Our program rewards clubs like yours for referring customers to ActewAGL for their energy needs. For each new customer who signs up to ActewAGL, they get a great energy discount and we’ll reward you by giving your club $45. They could be your club members, friends or family – the wider you spread the word the more rewards for your club – and there’s no limit! How it works 1. Spread the word about our

program to other club members, family & friends

2. Interested? Call ActewAGL on 13 14 93 to sign up to our current energy offer

3. Mention your club’s referral code ‘QBN Golf Club’

4. We’ll reward your club with $45 for each new customer It’s that simple.

Want more information? About the program - talk to your Club’s representative ActewAGL’s energy offers - 13 14 93.

BREAD’N’PUTTER BRASSERIE

LADIES HODEN SCRAMBLE

$12 Schnitzel with chips on Wednesday includes a drink. They also have an “all you can eat” Pizza and Pasta Night on Thursdays from 5.30pm. Cost is $15 for adults and $10 for kids 12 years old and under. $12 Pizza’s on Sunday, Monday & Tuesday. More specials on the blackboard.

SPONSORSHIP

Members with businesses that may be interested in Club Sponsorships should contact CEO David on 6297 1669 or ceo@queanbeyangolf.com.au.

Packages can include Membership, Advertising on-course, in-club or in newsletters, tickets to special events, Corporate Golf Days and other benefits tailored to your needs. You can get the attention of

members and visitors by promoting

your business through the club’s

channels.

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Winter has arrived in true Queanbeyan fashion with frosty early mornings. I sincerely hope we do not get the rain we had last winter, in June alone we had 21 rain affected golf days. My hope this year is for cold, clear days with minimum rain. I am looking forward to our Christmas in July Dinner on Saturday July 15. We will be serving all the usual Christmas fare, Turkey, Ham, Pork with delicious roasted potatoes and vegetables, followed by Christmas Pudding with custard or if you prefer, traditional Pavlova. It will be served Buffet style so everyone can choose their favourites. There will be entertainment and Lucky Door prizes with a glass of bubbly on arrival all for $40 per person, kids under 12 $20. Please show your support for the club and book at reception. Membership renewal time is quickly approaching. Please beat the rush and fill in a renewal form and pay at the office between

10.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday. If you cannot get to the club during the week we will have a locked box at the bar to “post” your renewals over the weekends. Please ensure you update your details if you have changed address or phone number and email. Our 2017-2018 sponsorship packages are now available, if anyone is interested in being a new sponsor please call me or email at ceo@queanbeyangolf.com.au and I will send you our list of options. I can also write a custom package to give your business exactly the exposure best suited. Existing sponsors will receive their new packages over the next couple of weeks to allow them to pay before the end of the financial year. Good golfing and see you in our

club and on our course.

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK

Support Queanbeyan Golf Club - Pre-order your NEW 2017 | 2018 Entertainment™ Membership now! 20% of every membership sold contributes to our club. Help us achieve our goal by sharing this link with your Friends and Family. Thanks for your support! Also here is your payment page that links people online to purchase a membership https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/2t3558

What’s on in the Club

Happy Hour now 7 days a week,

starting at 5.00pm and a second happy hour at 8.00pm Friday night only. Beer and wine available @$4.00. Wednesday meat & beer raffles

5@5pm

Friday raffles meat tray raffles @

8pm Friday night euchre starts @

6.30pm Karaoke every fortnight from 8.30-

12.30 Poker on Thursdays starting @ 6pm FREE WIFI Ask the bar staff for

details

GM’s Update From David Doyle

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LADIES COME AND TRY GOLF

• Sunday afternoons at 1.30pm

for a 2.00pm. No experience needed. No need to book.

• Play 8 holes in an all Beginner Women’s Comp. Cost only $10. Meet and pay at the Pro Shop.

• You will learn about golf in a friendly and non-threatening environment with help to enjoy the game at whatever level you would like.

• If you are only available on another weekday and would like to give golf a go then phone Pauline (see below) and see what can be arranged.

• Professional lessons available from Jake Nagle and his team at the Pro Shop. Ph. 6297 2542. Check for Ladies clinics and packages at affordable prices.

• Membership for women available in all categories. Get a handicap and play in the Women’s competition on Tuesday, Saturday and medley Sundays.

It’s fun and you will be helped all the way. Phone Pauline Jeffery 6285 1846 or 0422 204 988 Email: paulinejeffery@hotmail.com Spots do become available because of the “no shows”, you can ring the Pro Shop, 6297 2542, on the comp day to see if spots have become available.

Saturday

15 July 2017 7pm

CARVERY

BUFFET Turkey / Ham /

Pork

Seasonal veg /

Roast potatoes

Xmas Pudding/

Custard or Pavlova

$40pp (incl

entertainment)

Children under 12 -

$20pp TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM

THE OFFICE

COURSE NEWS

Course Super – Bryan Kelly Winter has arrived late and suddenly. Whilst Autumn is a colourful time of the year, with it comes the long tedious task of removing the fallen leaves. By now, most deciduous trees have shed their leaves. It’s been a full-time job for some weeks removing the leaves so thankyou to those that assisted other than our staff. Last year the club purchased 800 sand buckets. Another 200 have just been ordered. Could all members check their car boots, garages, or wherever else they have become a useful bucket for the odd job other than on the golf course, and return them to the club please. The course is holding up well, fortunately climatically we experienced a warm dry Autumn receiving 60 mm rain over the last 2 months. Hopefully the warmer weather trend continues through winter. Greens, fairways, tees and surrounds have been fertilised, assisting in providing a good playing surface and healthy colour. Members please remember to treat your golf course with respect, Whilst practice on it is welcome, do so from the appropriate tees and without an excessive numbers of shots hit from the same place. Please repair all divots, even though they may not be yours.

Keep warm and happy golfing

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TEE TIMES

Be fair to your fellow members. If you are unable to play, please delete your name as early as possible. Please don’t leave it till the day before or morning of your game.

BOOKINGS & COMPETITION RESULTS ON MOBILE DEVICES

To view comp results, log in as if you are making a booking. Press on the menu bar on the top right. A menu will come up. Click on Results 2nd from the bottom.

If you are still having problems viewing the results:

• On iPhones, if you open Safari and click to open a new browser page there is a Private button on the bottom left of the screen. Same is the case on an iPad. The Private button should not be highlighted, otherwise the page is in Private browsing mode.

• On Android devices, this is called Incognito Browsing, and this is turned on or off via the browser menu.

RULE UPDATE

Please make sure you read the local rule board.

Call David Doyle on 6297 1669 for more information. We have come up with a new concept T10 Corporate Golf:

• 10 holes of golf

• A mixture of two holes per green and big holes

• Minimum of 16 players and up to 40

• Carts included

• 3 drinks – schooner of beer equivalents

• Finger food on completion

• Shot Gun start preferred

• Mid-Week only

• Cost is $45 per person

LOCKER AUDIT

As part of the membership renewal all members who have a locker are asked to advise the Office Staff of their intentions re your Locker. This will enable us to re-allocate your locker should you not need it anymore. There are some locked lockers with no names on them. If we are not able to identify the owners, these lockers will be accessed in early August.

THANK YOU FROM DI DILLEY

Di Dilley, who lost her house in the Carwoola fire, has written to thank Queanbeyan golfers for their generosity in providing support immediately after the fire. She said that “the donation helped immensely to get us through the early days, allowing us to purchase essentials – bedding, shoes, clothing and ordinary day-to-day stuff we mostly take for granted”.

CART 20 CARD

LADIES HOLDEN

Cart 20 Card – A prepaid cart pass is now available from the pro shop. The pass will provide for 20 9/18 hole rounds for the discounted price of $475. Carts are subject to availability.

CONTRIBUTIONS

Please send contributions and suggestions for future newsletters to ceo@queanbeyangolf.com.au.

Reminder

for Social

Play.

Please play

from the

Yellow Markers

at all times.

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Well what a busy month for Women's golf in the ACT this month. Firstly, Congratulations to Trish Noel and Sue Korth on winning the Monthly Medals.

Our own Women's Open held on 11 May, had an excited buzz in the air as brand new Jaguar cars lined the putting green and the eighth tee. Many women excited at the prospect of driving off into the sunset with their new car won by the perfect shot - hole in one on the eighth. Unfortunately, the car was not won this year but there is always next time. A huge thank you to Lennock Motors our major sponsors for the tournament and also advising that they will be back next year. Thank you to all the volunteers, on and off the course, as you helped the competition run very smoothly.

Congratulations to Chloe Thornton who won the Open with a beautiful 76 off the stick. Welcome to the major winner’s circle for Leanne Griffith winning the Nett with a very good 71.

Yowani Open was held on 18 May, with many of our members attending. Congratulations to Pauline Jeffery taking out the title after a 3 way, 4 hole playoff.

Drummond held their social day at Queanbeyan on Fri 19 May. Wendy Lynch made the most of her local knowledge in tough conditions to take out the Women's event earning her a trip to New Zealand next April to contest the final.

On the 27 May, 20 pairs teed off for the Women's Foursomes title. Not much separated the top three pairings after 27 holes. Wendy Lynch and Lauren Maher won by one shot over Chloe Thornton and Kylie Smith, one shot further back was Pauline Jeffery and Amber Thornton. Thank you to our Patron, Colleen De Costa for presenting the Trophy to the winners.

On 29 May, we entered the winter months with a bang. Goulburn proved that it can remain cold all day with winds straight off the snow. Congratulations to Leanne Griffith and Debbie Baker for coming second in their respective Divisions. Golfing is not over yet as we head into the colder months. Friday, 2 June will see the start of the Emily Hurt Pennant Season. Whilst only a few games long, we have had a fabulous response from our longer handicappers, as they experience Matchplay, some for the first time, in a warming and friendly environment. Good Luck Ladies.

Women’s News From Captain Deb

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Queanbeyan Junior open The 39th Queanbeyan Colts/Junior Open was held on Sunday May 7th with 49 competitors from all over the district testing our beautifully prepared course. With the 1st and 9th tee times available the field had all hit off on time and finishing with plenty of day light to see a play off for the Colts Champion (under24 men’s) between Lachlan Tisma from Queanbeyan and Jake Davies from Gungahlin Lakes both with a Gross score of 74, Lachlan winning on the 3rd play-off hole with a birdie. The Gross winner of the Boys under 18 was Adam Thorpe from Federal with a score of 75 and Runner Up Gross Trent Britton from Queanbeyan with a score of 77, the Nett winner was Tom Gordon from Fairbairn with a score of 64 and Nett runner up Aaron Maxwell from Federal with a score of 72. The under 18 Girls Gross winner was Chloe Thornton from Queanbeyan with a score of 75, the Gross runner up was Amber Thornton from Queanbeyan with a score of 83, the Nett winner was Matilda Sullings from Federal with a score of 63 and Nett runner up was Michelle Di Natale from Bowral with a score of 72. The Sub Junior category played 8 holes from 1-8 all having a great time under the guidance of Ray Evans and Gail Goiser, the winner Geogina Oke shooting a score of 43 the 4 remaining sub juniors getting a prize for participation. At the end of days play everyone assembled in the function room for pizza and soft drink as Jake Nagle carried out the presentation to all the winners, as always this tournament couldn’t

happen without the continued sponsorship of Arthur Walters, Pat & Helen Jeffery, Ian Wallace, Bevan Webb, Joan Kinsey, Pauline & Peter Jeffery, John Seaborn, Brian & Fran Thomas, Gail Goiser and the Queanbeyan Golf Club Pro shop. Thank you to the Junior committee Linda Dorsett, Mal Towney, Daniel Goodchild, Jake Nagle, Gail Goiser and Jo and David in the office.

+ Junior Pennant Queanbeyan’s Junior Pennant team will have the opportunity to represent the club in the State Junior & Encourage Shield playoffs. The first match will be played before the end of October in the region round robin at a neutral venue and the winner will progress to the semi-finals/ Grand final in January at Newcastle. There are 32 teams that have won their district finals all

competing to win, should be a great experience for our guys. Junior Clinics A reminder there are junior clinics run by our Proshop at 4.00pm on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month, Mat Rainsford and his side kick Harry Smith put together a fun filled and basic skills clinic, if you have a son, daughter, grandchild, nephew or niece bring them along.

“Remember practice makes perfect” Jerry Smith Junior Committee

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LAMB SHANKS INGREDIENTS

• 2 tsp olive oil

• 2 tbs plain flour

• 4 lamb shank trimmed

• 1 brown onion chopped

• 2 garlic cloves crushed

• 2/3 cup red wine

• 700 mls passata

• parsley, finely chopped

DIRECTIONS • STEP 1 Season flour with salt and pepper, then coat lamb in

flour, shaking off excess. Add to pan and cook until browned. Remove from pan.

• STEP 2 Add onion and garlic, and cook for 3-4 minutes until softened.

• STEP 3 Increase heat to high and add wine to pan. Cook for 2 minutes.

• STEP 4 Stir in sauce and bring to a simmer. Add lamb shanks to pan. Cover and reduce heat to low.

• STEP 5 Cook for 1-1½ hours or until lamb is very tender. Season with salt and pepper.

Sponsorship Opportunity

We are planning to update the hole information on all the tees with new signs. Below is a sample of what the new Tee Signs will look like. If your company or you know of a company that would like to sponsor one or several of these tee signs please contact David Doyle on 6297 1669 or ceo@queabeyangolf.com.au.

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GOLF MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL PROMOTION

Be one of the first 100 members to renew your golfing membership for the 2017-2018 year and you will go into the draw to win one of five prizes of $200 on your Bar Account. Be quick, the draw will be done when we have reached the 100. Winners will be notified personally or by email. There are several ways to renew, but we need you to fill out a renewal form to ensure we have the correct details for you and your membership. Simply fill in a renewal form, pay by Direct Debit, Credit Card, or Pay as you Golf in instalments, this is the link to our membership/renewal page; http://www.queanbeyangolf.com.au/membership/ You can pay at the office Monday - Friday or on weekends simply pop your renewal form with credit card details into the locked box at the bar, your renewal will be processed on Monday. All members bonus points accrued at the bar will be zeroed as of July 31, so I urge everyone to use your points over the next 3 months. If you have any queries please give David or Jody a call on 6297 1669 or email ceo@queanbeyangolf.com.au TICK CATEGORY FEE INCLUSIONS

PLATINUM + $3,750 includes carts plus all platinum benefits

PLATINUM $2,545 regular competition fees, 12 guest vouchers plus $150 Gift Pack

FULL $1,310 includes 3 guest vouchers

ELDER* $920 over 65 years of age with 25 years continuous full playing membership.

6 DAY $1,180 Sunday to Friday

CLUB 30 $1,125 limited to 30 comp rounds a year - additional rounds may be purchased in blocks of 6 @ $150.00 upon expiry.

WEEKDAY $1,125 Monday to Friday

SOCIAL/9 HOLES $815 social play and 9 hole competitions Social golf must not interfere with competitions.

3 MONTH FULL PLAYING $465 any 3 month period during the financial year

AGED 21-24 $920

AGED 21-24 $550 full time student only

AGED 18-20 $330

AGED 8-17* $110

SOCIAL $5 for a year or $10 for 3 years

LOCKER $50 □ CART USAGE FEE $110 □